Were dinosaurs "big" before Jurrasic Park (1993)?

Adamantium · 25-04-2014 06:00PM #1

Born in 91, I was obsessed with dinosaurs since forever, reading nature encyclopedia and been fascinated as a kid about it. I think it might have been the very first thing I ever took a large notice of.

It seems an almost universal thing among engineers and science students that are 20 something (especially lads) who grew up around the time of the movie. It seemed in the 90's people couldn't get enough of dinos in just about everything. It was nuts. Very much like Star Wars for that generation.

Did the interest exist before Jurassic Park, at least in the mainstream?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJlmYh27MHg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP4me3kPQwE

wazky · 25-04-2014 06:01PM

Huge!

The T Rex was as big as a house.

darkpagandeath · 25-04-2014 06:02PM

Yes I hear they were very big a few million years ago.

Gran Hermano · 25-04-2014 06:02PM

Argentinosaurus was always big.

maxwell smart · 25-04-2014 06:04PM

Ah they were always great the dinosaurs. They were the showbands of their time

Donkey Oaty · 25-04-2014 06:04PM

Adamantium wrote: »

Did the interest exist before Jurrasic Park, at least in the mainstream?

Very much so.

Taught in schools, bendy toys, songs and features in children's TV programmes, Godzilla, "One Of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing", King Kong cameos, etc.

Jurassic Park tapped into it rather than inventing it.

Duggy747 · 25-04-2014 06:05PM

Remember the Dinosaurs magazine that came with 3D glasses for the 3D pictures and every week came with skeleton pieces so you could build a glow-in-the-dark T-Rex?

MilanPan!c · 25-04-2014 06:05PM

To answer the OPs question, yes.

Dinosaurs have always been a hugely popular part of natural history museums and dinosaurs in movies have been around since the beginning of stop motion animation.

JP was a huge moment for their modern popularity, but not the beginning.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 25-04-2014 06:07PM

I had a lot of Dino stuff around that time, I'd say from playschool till about senior infants, then we all got into Power Rangers.

Outkast_IRE · 25-04-2014 06:08PM

Yes dinosaurs were big for a long while before Jurassic parks , you had various cartoons, movies, lots of toys.

And this accurate depiction of dinosaurs began broadcasting in 1991 I think

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z28LQWqeHqo

Adamantium · 25-04-2014 06:11PM

I just remembered "A land before Time" and its several sequels

The Backwards Man · 25-04-2014 06:11PM

Yabba Dabba Doooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpGx4foRdPw

Micky Dolenz · 25-04-2014 06:11PM

why do you think they made a massive motion picture on dinosaurs in the first place. People like old crap

Watched it again recently, great show. Made me feel prehistoric though :pac:

My name is URL · 25-04-2014 06:12PM

There used to be a weekly magazine about dinosaurs that I got as a kid and it was hugely popular. I'm pretty sure that was before Jurassic Park

Starscream25 · 25-04-2014 06:15PM

Can anyone identify this cartoon for me, the link up there doesn't seem to work if that was the one I'm on about.
Basically some lads from a different world got shot down in their spaceship and the planet they crashed on had dinosaurs, they attached armor and guns and what not to the body of the dinosaurs to defend themselves from the lads who shot them down.

o1s1n · 25-04-2014 06:15PM

Adamantium wrote: »

I just remembered "A land before Time" and its several sequels

I loved that film growing up.

A few years back I found out that Steven Spielberg and George Lucas watched it, were freaked that a lot of the mild horror/violence would scare kids so cut 10-15 minutes of footage.

Which is still missing to this day

Adamantium · 25-04-2014 06:17PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Yabba Dabba Doooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpGx4foRdPw

My grandad would sit and watch this with me on Sundays and loved it as much as I did. I think it was because he didn't have a TV when he was younger Thanks

Starscream25 · 25-04-2014 06:17PM

My name is URL wrote: »

There used to be a weekly magazine about dinosaurs that I got as a kid and it was hugely popular. I'm pretty sure that was before Jurassic Park

I used to get that, and every week there was a piece of glow in the dark t rex skeleton.they were the days

recyclops · 25-04-2014 06:18PM

Starscream25 wrote: »

Can anyone identify this cartoon for me, the link up there doesn't seem to work if that was the one I'm on about.
Basically some lads from a different world got shot down in their spaceship and the planet they crashed on had dinosaurs, they attached armor and guns and what not to the body of the dinosaurs to defend themselves from the lads who shot them down.

that was dino riders and if ever something needed to be made into a movie this is it

mad muffin · 25-04-2014 06:19PM

Hollywood doesn't make the trend, they follow.

Starscream25 · 25-04-2014 06:21PM

recyclops wrote: »

that was dino riders and if ever something needed to be made into a movie this is it

Cheers man, nostalgia overload, here's the link if anyone wants a look
http://youtu.be/tpuhLkh358Y

Antar Bolaeisk · 25-04-2014 06:26PM

My name is URL wrote: »

There used to be a weekly magazine about dinosaurs that I got as a kid and it was hugely popular. I'm pretty sure that was before Jurassic Park

That magazine caused me to break my arm!

I've always loved dinosaurs, they're like science fiction only real! (except for the whole being extinct thing)

PizzamanIRL · 25-04-2014 06:27PM

From about 1970 onwards they started to get smaller for some reason.

My name is URL · 25-04-2014 06:37PM

Starscream25 wrote: »

I used to get that, and every week there was a piece of glow in the dark t rex skeleton.they were the days

haha.. yeah. I remember taking a few magazines into school one day and getting in trouble for asking the teacher why there were no dinosaurs in the bible :pac:

Can you remember what the magazines were called or who published them? They're probably still at home in my mams attic.. must go looking for them someday

Paramite Pie · 25-04-2014 06:44PM

To be honest, when I was a kid my parents thought dinosaurs were fictional, like for many many years - even when I was a young adult. :cool:

Frosty McSnowballs · 25-04-2014 06:44PM

My name is URL wrote: »

haha.. yeah. I remember taking a few magazines into school one day and getting in trouble for asking the teacher why there were no dinosaurs in the bible :pac:

Can you remember what the magazines were called or who published them? They're probably still at home in my mams attic.. must go looking for them someday

The magazine was called Dinosaurs!

Antar Bolaeisk · 25-04-2014 06:48PM

My name is URL wrote: »

haha.. yeah. I remember taking a few magazines into school one day and getting in trouble for asking the teacher why there were no dinosaurs in the bible :pac:

Can you remember what the magazines were called or who published them? They're probably still at home in my mams attic.. must go looking for them someday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeZWjkOqxZQ

Starscream25 · 25-04-2014 06:50PM

My name is URL wrote: »

haha.. yeah. I remember taking a few magazines into school one day and getting in trouble for asking the teacher why there were no dinosaurs in the bible :pac:

Can you remember what the magazines were called or who published them? They're probably still at home in my mams attic.. must go looking for them somedayimage.jpg

They were a crowd called Orbis, I just took a photo of them there don't know if my link will work, they were well at the back of my cupboard.

My name is URL · 25-04-2014 06:51PM

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

The magazine was called Dinosaurs!

ffs

Micky Dolenz · 25-04-2014 06:52PM

Paramite Pie wrote: »

To be honest, when I was a kid my parents thought dinosaurs were fictional, like for many many years - even when I was a young adult. :cool:

It's probably best not to tell that story in real life.

Frosty McSnowballs · 25-04-2014 07:00PM

My name is URL wrote: »

ffs

Ha I know, it's always the obvious things, huh!

Yeah I had them too, they were great!

Were dinosaurs "big" before Jurrasic Park (1993)?

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